Lunch box or bag.



S. BIENENSTOGK.

LUNCH BOX 0B BAG.

APPLIUATIGN FILED MAB. 5, 1907.

93,88 Patented Nov. 10, 1908.

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'UNTTED STATES PATENT ernten.

PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGN'OR TO HERMAN LOEB,

OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

LUNCH Box canne.

Application med March 5, 1907. serial No. 360,736

To all whom 'it 'may concern:

Be it known that I, SOUL BIENENsTooK, a subject of the Emperor of Austria-Hungary, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new' and useful Lunch Box or Bag, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates to a new and useful lunch box or bag and consists of novel details of construction, allas will be hereinafter fully set forth.

Figure 1 represents a. perspective view of a lunch box or bagembodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a central sectional view thereof, with a portion of the handle broken away.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the figures.

Referring to the drawings, I have found in -practice that in the lunch boxes now in use that, owing to the shape of the same and the size necessary to contain the lunch, the box is cumbersome, unwieldy and hard to handle and my present invention is designed to overcome thisl defect.

In the drawings I have shown a const-ruction for carrying out my invention, but I do not desire to be limited in every instance to the exact form or arrangements as herem shown and described, as other instrumenthe body of the box talities may be employed which will accomplish the same results.

1 'designates a lunch box or bag, which is formed of suitable light material such as straw-board', covered in any convenient and attractive manner and suitably lined if necessary, the article being in the shape of a small hand bag and being provided with means for connecting the lid or flap with and also with the handle for ease of carrying.

The box consists of the bottom 2, with the sides 3 and 4, the upper portions 5 of the sides normally converging towards each other and the sides 3 and 4 being separated `by the end pieces 6 and 7, it being noted that,

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 1o, 1908.

and lining of the end piece, but by reason of the absence of the strawboard it is made more flexible. l

11 designates the top of the box or'bag, which is connected or forms part of one of the sides, in the present instance the side 4, and which is provided with a flap 12, carrying the pivoted portion of the catch 13, the other portion or eye member 14 being connected with the side 3, said member 13 being adapted to pass the eye and upon proper movement thereof, is locked in engagement therewith.

A handle 15 is provided which, in the present instance, is connected with the top 11 by the rivets 16. By opening the catch and releasing the member 13 of the same from the member 14, the top 11 can be turned back, so that access to the interior of the box or bag can be had.

It will be understood that by the above construction a neat and attractive device, results, the appearance being that of a small hand bag or Satchel, and that the same is light in weight and inexpensive in manufacture.

The resilient connection 10 between the upper portion of the sides 3 and 4 permits movement thereof, so that articles can be easily inserted and removed from the interior of the bag, while the end pieces 6 and 7 being situated between the sides 3 and 4 hold the body rigidly in position by reason of the connection formed by the covering and lining as described.

.I preferabI tom 2, top 11 and flap 12 of one piece of material, although it will be understood that they can be formed of any desired number.

In the form of handle shown, I have made the interior or lining 17 of a reed or other similar material and have bound the same with cloth 18 or other suitable material.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a device of the character described, a frameless Structure `comprising a bottom, side and end pieces of like material, said bottom, sides and the ends being exteriorly covered and provided with an interior lining, the upper portions of said endsterminating y form the sides 3 and 4, botat a distance from the top of the device, and the lining and covering forming inwardly extended flexible connections between the sides at the ends thereof.

2. In a device of the character described, a. frameless'structure comprising a bottom, sides and end pieces of like material, said bottom, sides and end pieces being provided 'with an interior lining, said end pleces terminatin a distance from the top of the device, an said lining forming inwardly extended iiexible connections between the sides at the ends thereof.

3. In a device of the character described, a frameless structure com rising a bottom, sides and end pieces of like material, said bottom, sides and end pieces being provided with an interior lining and an exterior covering, said material at the ends betweenthe lining and the covering termin-ating at a distance from. the top of the device, said linin and covermg forming inwardly extende iiexible connections between the sides at thev ends thereof, and one of said sides being extended to form a downwardly projecting flap and cover for the device.

4. In a device ofthe'charzlcter described, bottom and side pieces, the latter extending to the top of thedevice, end pieces terminating' appreciably below the top and a. lining bridging the space between the sides above the end pieces land forming a iexible connection between the sides and ends.

J. W. DWYER, ANDREW LU'rz. 

